IMT Institutional Repository: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. 2019-01-21T20:31:02ZEPrintshttp://eprints.imtlucca.it/images/logowhite.pnghttp://eprints.imtlucca.it/2011-02-24T13:42:09Z2011-07-11T14:26:26Zhttp://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/96This item is in the repository with the URL: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/962011-02-24T13:42:09ZOn American Voter ConfidenceR. Michael AlvarezThad E. HallMorgan H. Llewellynmorgan.llewellyn@imtlucca.it2011-02-24T11:02:44Z2011-07-11T14:26:26Zhttp://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/92This item is in the repository with the URL: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/922011-02-24T11:02:44ZAre Americans Confident Their Ballots Are Counted?Building on the literature that investigates citizen and voter trust in government, we analyze the topic of voter confidence in the American electoral process. Our data comes from two national telephone surveys where voters were asked the confidence they have that their vote for president in the 2004 election was recorded as intended. We present preliminary evidence that suggests confidence in the electoral process affects voter turnout. We then examine voter responses to determine the overall level of voter confidence and analyze the characteristics that influence the likelihood a voter is confident that their ballot was recorded accurately. Our analyses indicate significant differences in the level of voter confidence along both racial and partisan lines. Finally, we find voter familiarity with the electoral process, opinions about the electoral process in other voting precincts, and both general opinions about voting technology and the specific technology the voter uses significantly affect the level of voter confidence. R. Michael AlvarezThad E. HallMorgan H. Llewellynmorgan.llewellyn@imtlucca.it2011-02-23T10:39:50Z2011-07-11T14:26:26Zhttp://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/93This item is in the repository with the URL: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/932011-02-23T10:39:50ZWho Should Run Elections in the United States?Much has been said since the 2000 presidential election regarding the administration of elections in the United States, particularly about how election administrators are selected and to whom they are responsive. Unfortunately, there has been little research on the different administrative structures that are possible and the preferences of Americans regarding these different administrative options. In this article we present the results from a national survey of American adults in which we asked them their preference for whether elections should be run by partisan or nonpartisan officials, whether the officials should be elected or appointed, and whether the administration of elections should be by a single unitary executive or by an election board. In addition to eliciting the basic preferences of Americans about these administrative choices, we also undertake a deeper analysis of these data to determine the underlying patterns in support for the different administrative options.R. Michael AlvarezThad E. HallMorgan H. Llewellynmorgan.llewellyn@imtlucca.it2011-02-22T14:56:25Z2011-07-11T14:25:31Zhttp://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/82This item is in the repository with the URL: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/822011-02-22T14:56:25ZAssessing the Impact of Alternative Voting Technologies on Multi-Party Elections: Design Features, Heuristic Processing and Voter ChoiceThis paper analyzes the influence of alternative voting technologies on electoral outcomes in multi-party systems. Using data from a field experiment conducted during the 2005 legislative election in Argentina, we examine the role of information effects associated with alternative voting devices on the support for the competing parties. We find that differences in the type of information displayed and how it was presented across devices favored some parties to the detriment of others. The impact of voting technologies was found to be larger than in two-party systems, and could lead to changes in election results. We conclude that authorities in countries moving to adopt new voting systems should carefully take the potential partisan advantages induced by different technologies into account when evaluating their implementation.Gabriel Katzg.katz@imtlucca.itR. Michael AlvarezErnesto CalvoMarcelo EscolarJulia Pomares